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23 Dec Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

Posted at 09:55h in Allergies, Celiac Disease, Constipation, Diarrhea, Digestive Disorder, Endoscopy, Food Allergy, Gluten Disease, Nutrition, Walk With a Doc

Are You Sensitive to Gluten? Gluten sensitivity is a term that describes individuals who cannot tolerate gluten but their celiac disease testing is completely normal. These individuals are referred to as having Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity. Celiac disease affects 1% of the general population or 1 in 133 Americans. Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity...

21 Aug Water

Posted at 15:23h in Child Health, Constipation, Digestive Disorder, Endoscopy, Nutrition

Texas summers can be brutally hot and the month of August has been no exception! Your body depends on water to survive. Every cell in your body needs water to properly function. Without water, the average person can survive for about 3 days. Your body is 60% water!...

21 Jun Pooping Accidents

Posted at 09:00h in Constipation, Diarrhea, Digestive Disorder, Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Nutrition

Does your child have problems with pooping accidents? Is your child old enough to know better than to soil their underwear? Your child most likely has encopresis. What Is Encopresis? Encopresis is the medical term for pooping accidents in a person’s underwear beyond the age of toilet...

24 May My Belly Hurts

Posted at 09:00h in Child Health, Constipation, Diarrhea, Digestive Disorder, Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, Infection, Nutrition, Probiotics

If your healthy child is frequently complaining about stomachaches, there is a high possibility that they have functional abdominal pain. Functional Abdominal Pain Two or more months of abdominal pain in otherwise healthy, thriving children is known as functional abdominal pain. Even though “functional” pain refers to there being...

09 May Gluten and Celiac Disease

Posted at 09:00h in Allergies, Celiac Disease, Child Health, Constipation, Diarrhea, Food Allergy, Gluten Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Nutrition

If your child has been diagnosed with Celiac disease they must avoid eating gluten, a key protein in wheat, barley, and rye. Celiac disease is a disease of the digestive system. Specifically, the small intestine becomes damaged because the child is “allergic” to gluten. The small...